Light & Color Waves Practice

The color you see is the color that is ___.

• reflected
• absorbed

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A leaf is green, what does this tell you about the light that is being absorbed?

• no light is being absorbed
• green is being refracted and all the colors are being absorbed.
• green is being absorbed and all the other colors are reflected
• green is being reflected and all the other colors are being absorbed

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How do humans see different wavelengths?

• as different colors

• as ultraviolet light

• as infrared rays

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Visible light is which type of wave?

• seismic

• mechanical

• longitudinal

• electromagnetic

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Why does a purple shirt appear purple?

• the shirt material REFLECTS all wavelengths of color 
• the shirt material transmits all wavelengths of color except the purple
• the material absorbs all wavelengths of color except the purple wavelength

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This occurs when light bounces off a surface

• reflection

• refraction

• absorb

• scatter

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What word is used to describe light as it strikes a smooth, shiny surface and bounces off?

• shadow

• energy

• reflection

• wave length

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A student placed a pencil in a cup of water. The pencil appears broken because light

• always travels in a straight line.

• bends when it passes through water.

• makes the water in the glass evaporate.

• reflects the pencil on the water's surface.

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What is a medium?

• the matter through which a mechanical wave travels

• two lines that will never touch

• the particles of a medium that travel parallel to a wave

• two lines that meet at a right angle

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Waves that require a medium are known as

• Medium waves

• Mechanical waves

• Air waves

• Heat waves

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